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02 August 2000
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2 August 2000
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson arrives in East Timor on 5 August on a three-day visit to the emerging nation.
The High Commissioner, who visited the region last year at the height of the violence that followed the popular consultation in East Timor, intends to reaffirm her commitment and that of her Office to work with the East Timorese in developing a society which promotes and protects human rights. Mrs. Robinson will also emphasize the need to create safe conditions for the return of refugees still in West Timor and elsewhere in Indonesia and reaffirm that those who have committed rights abuses should be brought to justice.
The visit will begin in Dili, where the High Commissioner will meet the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in East Timor, Sergio Vieira de Mello and other officials of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). Also on 5 August the High Commissioner will hold discussions with representatives of United Nations agencies in East Timor and with East Timorese and international non-governmental organizations.
On 6 August the High Commissioner will travel to Suai, in the west of the country. Among other activities, she will address the local community and lay flowers at the site of the Suai Church massacre of last year, in which over 100 people were killed. The High Commissioner will return to Dili in the afternoon for talks with East Timorese judges, prosecutors, public defenders and police and to hold a round-table discussion with East Timorese political leaders. Later in the day she will meet Xanana Gusmao, head of the National Council of Timorese Resistance.
Mrs. Robinson will deliver, on 7 August, the keynote address at the “Workshop on Human Rights and the Future of East Timor”. She also plans to meet Bishop Carlos Belo. Mrs. Robinson will address the press before leaving Dili in the afternoon.
From East Timor the High Commissioner will travel to Ulan Baatar, Mongolia, where she will meet on 8 August with senior Government officials. On 9 August, the High Commissioner will open a sub-regional workshop on human rights, organized jointly by her Office and the Inter-Parliamentary Union, for parliamentarians from Northeast Asia, including Mongolia, China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Japan and the Republic of Korea. Later, the High Commissioner will meet with Prime Minister Enkhbayar. In Ulan Baatar Mrs. Robinson will also meet with judicial and law enforcement officials as well as with representatives of NGOs.
The High Commissioner will end this latest visit to Asia in the Republic of Korea, where she will arrive on 10 August. In Seoul she will meet with representatives of the country’s human rights community. She is also scheduled to hold talks with the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Justice regarding regional cooperation on human rights and recent developments and prospects in the Korean Peninsula.
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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson arrives in East Timor on 5 August on a three-day visit to the emerging nation.
The High Commissioner, who visited the region last year at the height of the violence that followed the popular consultation in East Timor, intends to reaffirm her commitment and that of her Office to work with the East Timorese in developing a society which promotes and protects human rights. Mrs. Robinson will also emphasize the need to create safe conditions for the return of refugees still in West Timor and elsewhere in Indonesia and reaffirm that those who have committed rights abuses should be brought to justice.
The visit will begin in Dili, where the High Commissioner will meet the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in East Timor, Sergio Vieira de Mello and other officials of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). Also on 5 August the High Commissioner will hold discussions with representatives of United Nations agencies in East Timor and with East Timorese and international non-governmental organizations.
On 6 August the High Commissioner will travel to Suai, in the west of the country. Among other activities, she will address the local community and lay flowers at the site of the Suai Church massacre of last year, in which over 100 people were killed. The High Commissioner will return to Dili in the afternoon for talks with East Timorese judges, prosecutors, public defenders and police and to hold a round-table discussion with East Timorese political leaders. Later in the day she will meet Xanana Gusmao, head of the National Council of Timorese Resistance.
Mrs. Robinson will deliver, on 7 August, the keynote address at the “Workshop on Human Rights and the Future of East Timor”. She also plans to meet Bishop Carlos Belo. Mrs. Robinson will address the press before leaving Dili in the afternoon.
From East Timor the High Commissioner will travel to Ulan Baatar, Mongolia, where she will meet on 8 August with senior Government officials. On 9 August, the High Commissioner will open a sub-regional workshop on human rights, organized jointly by her Office and the Inter-Parliamentary Union, for parliamentarians from Northeast Asia, including Mongolia, China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Japan and the Republic of Korea. Later, the High Commissioner will meet with Prime Minister Enkhbayar. In Ulan Baatar Mrs. Robinson will also meet with judicial and law enforcement officials as well as with representatives of NGOs.
The High Commissioner will end this latest visit to Asia in the Republic of Korea, where she will arrive on 10 August. In Seoul she will meet with representatives of the country’s human rights community. She is also scheduled to hold talks with the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Justice regarding regional cooperation on human rights and recent developments and prospects in the Korean Peninsula.
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